It is not what we get.But who we become, what we contribute...that gives meaning to our lives.- Tony Robbins

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over anotheras to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.- Thomas Jefferson

Worrying is like a rocking chair,it gives you something to do,but it gets you nowhere.- Glenn Turner

Experience is a hard teacher.She gives the test firstand the lessons afterwards.- Anonymous

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.- Pauline R. Kezer

The way you get meaning into your lifeis to devote yourself to loving others,devote yourself to your community around you,and devote yourself to creating somethingthat gives you purpose and meaning- Mitch Albom

Justice that love gives is a surrender,justice that law gives is a punishment.- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade usthat we are nothing but acornsand that our greatest happiness will beto become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns;but that is of interest only to pigs.Our faith gives us knowledge of something better:that we can become oak trees.- E. F. Schumacher

Laughter gives us distance.It allows us to step back from an event,deal with it and then move on.- Bob Newhart

The value of a man should be seen in what he givesand not in what he is able to receive.- Albert Einstein

When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.- Anonymous saying

God gives some more than othersbecause some accept more than others.- Ernest Holmes

Every parting gives a foretaste of death,every reunion a hint of the resurrection.- Arthur Schopenhauer

In all our contacts, it is probably the senseof being really needed and wantedwhich gives us the greatest satisfactionand creates the most lasting bond.- Eleanor Roosevelt

When a father gives to his son, both laugh;when a son gives to his father, both cry.- William Shakespeare

Mind can never be intelligent - only no-mind is intelligent.Only no-mind is original and radical.Only no-mind is revolutionary - revolution in action.The mind gives you a sort of stupor.Burdened by the memories of the past,burdened by the projections of the future,you go on living - at the minimum.You dont live at the maximum.Your flame remains very dim.Once you start dropping thoughts,the dust that you have collected in the past,the flame arises - clean, clear, alive, young.Your whole life becomes a flame,and a flame without any smoke.That is what awareness is.- Osho

Love gives naught but itselfand takes naught but from itself.Love possesses notnor would it be possessed;For love is sufficient unto love.- Khalil Gibran

Beyond mind, there is an awareness that is intrinsic,that is not given to you by the outside, and is not an idea -and there is no experiment up to nowthat has found any center in the brainwhich corresponds to awareness.The whole work of meditation isto make you aware of all that is "mind"and disidentify yourself from it.That very separation is thegreatest revolution that can happen to man.Now you can do and act on only thatwhich makes you more joyous, fulfills you,gives you contentment, makes your life a work of art, a beauty.But this is possible only if the master in you is awake.- Osho

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.- Abraham Lincoln

Faithfulness in the performance of small dutiesgives us strength to adhere to difficult determinationsthat life will someday force us to make.- Paramahansa Yogananda

Silence gives consent.- Plato

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!- John Muir

The quality of mercy is not strained.It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath. It is twice blest:It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.- William Shakespeare

With Malice toward none, with charity for all,with firmness in the right,as God gives us to see the right,let us strive on to finish the work we are in,to bind up the nation's wounds.- Abraham Lincoln

The effort to understand the universe is oneof the very few things that lifts human lifea little above the level of farce,and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.- Steven Weinberg

To state the facts franklyis not to despair the future nor indict the past.The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legaciesand gives a faithful accountingto those whom he owes an obligation of trust.- John F. Kennedy

Above all the grace and the giftsthat Christ gives to his belovedis that of overcoming self.- St. Francis of Assisi

The body is an instrument whichonly gives off music when it is used as a body.Always an orchestra, and just as music traverses walls,so sensuality traverses the body and reaches up to ecstasy.- Anais Nin

I give thanks for both my bloom and my thorns.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Is today a day to gather strength from the storm -a day to to learn life lessons for the next battle?Or is today a day to sit by the fireand watch the storm rage outside?Either way, the storm is just life.Give thanks for all of Life.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Time, like life itself, has no inherent meaning.We give our own meaning to time as to life.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

One can not reflect in streaming water.Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.- Lao Tzu

Nearly all men can stand adversity,but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.- Abraham Lincoln

Give me your tired, your poor,your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.- written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor

I Receive ALL of Life with Thanksgiving -I have gratitude for EVERYTHINGthat has ever occurred to bring me to this moment.I give thanks for the joys and the sufferings,the moments of peace and the flashes of anger,the compassion and the indifference,the roar of my courage and the cold sweat of my fear.I accept gratefully the entirety of my past and my present life.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We all have our thorns. We, and Life, have our moments.Life occurs before our morning coffee.Life occurs in our bathrobe with our hair uncombed.Bless and give thanks for All of Life - the bloom and the thorns.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Give thanks for the rainbows, for the butterflies,for all God's creatures - large and small,for the bright blue sky and the soft fog and the gentle rain,for the tree veiled in the season's first frost,for the baby's laugh, for the touch of a handand the whispered "I love you."- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Our "Rainbows and Butterflies" are the small miracles of our life -the little things that are so easy to overlook,yet so awe inspiring when we take a momentto notice and to pay attention.Give thanks for the rainbows, for the butterflies,for all God's creatures - large and small,for the bright blue sky and the soft fog and the gentle rain,for the tree veiled in the season's first frost,for the baby's laugh,for the touch of a hand and the whispered "I love you."- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation.- Dale Carnegie

I Am One With Spirit and All Creation -I give thanks for the unity of all creationand for everything that has brought me to this moment.I release my entire being to the gentle nurture of Spirit.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day,teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.- Chinese Proverb

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single actis better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Know that the greatest gift you can give the world is your happiness.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Take time to laugh.It is the music of the soul.Take time to think.It is the source of power.Take time to play.It is the source of perpetual youth.Take time to read.It is the fountain of wisdom.Take time to pray.It is the greatest power on Earth.Take time to love and be loved.It is a God-given privilege.Take time to be friendly.It is the road to happiness.Take time to give.It is too short a day to be selfish.Take time to work.It is the price of success.- Anonymous

We are rich only through what we give,and poor only through what we refuse.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I live with enthusiasm, and give thanks for my life.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him,for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low,could still be saved; the bitterest enemyand also he who was your friend could again be your friend;love that has grown cold can kindle- Soren Kierkegaard

If you would take, you must first give,this is the beginning of intelligence.- Lao Tzu

Only aim to do your duty,and mankind will give you credit where you fail.- Thomas Jefferson

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